160 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



J. acutus maritimus anglicus. Raii Hist. tj. 2. 1303. Syn. 431. 

 Moris. V.3. 232. sect. 8. t. 10./. 14. Scheuchz. Jgr. 340. 



In marshes near the sea, along with the preceding, but much 

 more plentiful. 



In the salt marshes of Essex and Wales. Ray. Lancashire. Rev. 

 W. Wood. Near St. Andrews, Scotland. Mr. J. Mackay. 

 About Burnham and Holkham, Norfolk. 



Perennial. August. 



Smaller and more slender than J. acutus, with more of a glaucous 

 hue. Panicle and bractea, as well as the summit of the stem, 

 more erect ; the bractea much shorter in proportion, and the 

 main branches of the panicle more unequal. Calyx-leaves acute, 

 with a membranous wavy border, often jagged towards the 

 point. Caps, much smaller than the last, of an oblong prismatic 

 figure, not at all ovate, or rounded, and not projecting beyond 

 the calyx. 



Willdenow appears to have led Mr. Bicheno into an error respect- 

 ing Lamarck's synonym. 



3. J. glaiicus. Hard Rush. 



Stem naked, straight, glaucous. Panicle upright, far below 

 the summit. Capsule elliptical, pointed, rather shorter 

 than the calyx. 



J.glaucus. Sibth.llS. FLBr.375. Engl. Bot.v. \0. t.665. Willd. 



V. 2. 206. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 12. 300. Hook. Scot. 105. 



Ehrh. Calam. 85. FL Dan. t. 1 159. Wahlenb. Lapp. 79. 

 J. n. 131 1 a. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 167.' 

 J. efFusus /3. Huds. 149. 

 J. inflexus. Relh.U\. With.345. Hull75. Abbot 78. Leers87. 



t.\3.f.3. 

 J. acutus. Raii Syn. 432. Ger. Em. 35. f. Dod. Pempt. 605./. 

 J. acutus vulgaris. Moris, v. 3. 232. sect. 8. t. 10./ 13. Lob. Ic. 



85./ 

 J. foliaceus. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 521./ 



In wet pastures, or moist waste ground by road sides, on a poor 

 soil, not uncommon. 



perennial. July. 



Root moderately creeping, black, with stout fibres. Stems rigid 

 and very tough, glaucous, striated, 18 inches or 2 feet high, 

 rather more slender than the last ; tapering and acute, scare 

 pungent, at the summit ; sheathed at the base, with large, brown, 

 polished, partly pointed, close scales. Panicle generally about 

 halfway between the root and the summit, without any external 

 bractea, aggregate^ with roundish branches of unequal length, 

 nearly upright, cymose. Calyx-leaves awl-shaped, pale brown 

 with a darker keel. Stamens 6, with long, bright yellow, anthers. 



